Karina Glaser

Karina Yan Glaser is a full-time writer and illustrator with a varied career teaching and implementing literacy programs in family homeless shelters and recruiting healthcare professionals to volunteer in under resourced areas around the world. Karina is the author of the forthcoming middle grade book, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street (HMH, 10/3/17). She lives in Harlem with her husband, two daughters, and an assortment of rescue animals. One of her proudest achievements is raising two kids who can’t go anywhere without a book. Website: www.karinaglaser.com Twitter: @KarinaYanGlaser Instagram: @KarinaIsReadingAndWriting

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Small Animals Doing Big Things

Animals teach us about nature, they teach us patience, and they teach children that heroism comes in many sizes and packages. For all the animal lovers out there, here are stories of small animals doing big things.